OneLiner — June 12, 2026
Three movie quotes from this date. Featuring Shrek (2001), To Kill a Mockingbird (1962), Memento (2000).
Ogres are like onions. They have layers.
Answer: Shrek ()
DreamWorks had originally cast Chris Farley as the green ogre and recorded most of his dialogue before his death in 1997. Mike Myers replaced him, recorded the whole role, then asked to redo it entirely with a Scottish accent inspired by his mother.
You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view, until you climb into his skin and walk around in it.
Answer: To Kill a Mockingbird ()
Gregory Peck won Best Actor for the role. Harper Lee gave Peck her father's pocket watch — the real-world inspiration for the character — after seeing his performance. Peck and Lee remained close friends until her death decades later.
Now... where was I?
Answer: Memento ()
Christopher Nolan's brother Jonathan wrote the original short story it's based on. The two narrative threads are intercut in reverse and forward chronology, meeting in the middle — a structure Nolan first wrote in chronological order then unspooled.